Lauren Lake & Reza Farahan

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Lauren Lake & Reza Farahan"
Jeff Lewis Has Issues – January 10, 2025

In this engaging episode of "Jeff Lewis Has Issues", host Jeff Lewis welcomes special guests Lauren Lake, a renowned attorney and media personality, and Reza Farahan, best known for his role on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. The trio delves into a variety of personal and professional challenges, offering listeners an unfiltered glimpse into their lives.

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1. Opening Remarks and Personal Updates

The episode kicks off with Reza Farahan humorously remarking on Jeff Lewis's tumultuous personal life.

Reza Farahan [01:01]: "You’re Jeff Lewis, the drama never stops."

Jeff chuckles and hints at his ongoing charitable activities.

Jeff Lewis [01:04]: "I mean, I'm doing charity right now."

Reza questions Jeff's charitable endeavors, implying they aren’t as altruistic as they seem.

Reza Farahan [01:05]: "I think I got that twice in one year. You're doing charity?"

Jeff defends his actions, suggesting that others might be trying to 'buy' friendships with him.

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2. Airbnb Troubles and Break-Ins

Lauren Lake shares a distressing experience regarding a break-in at her Airbnb property.

Lauren Lake [02:43]: "So, your Honor, what can I do? We used to live in this house, but now we use it as an Airbnb. And criminals came in. They broke the slider into the primary bedroom."

She explains that the intruders shattered the glass, costing her $1,500 in replacements, and left without taking any valuables.

Lauren Lake [03:09]: "They broke the slider into the primary bedroom... they shattered the glass... leaving me to pay $1,500 for replacements."

Jeff reacts sympathetically but pragmatically, questioning the deductible.

Jeff Lewis [03:41]: "What's your deductible? You're gonna have to just pay it."

Lauren vents her frustration about the damage to her pristine white oak floors during cleanup.

Lauren Lake [03:57]: "I'm cleaning broken glass... It looks like someone took giant nails and made depressions all over my beautiful white oak floors."

This segment highlights the vulnerabilities of managing rental properties and the emotional toll of unexpected setbacks.

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3. Reza’s Struggles with Storage Units

Reza transitions the conversation to his own challenges with storage units, revealing financial strains and emotional burdens.

Reza Farahan [05:37]: "I have three storage units in three states. I literally am paying a mortgage because, you know, I came out of the court."

He discusses the high costs of maintaining multiple storage units and the stress of managing personal belongings across different locations.

Reza Farahan [18:28]: "I have three storage units in three states. I literally am paying a mortgage because, you know, I came out of the court."

Lauren humorously points out the irony of having multiple storage units without substantial assets.

Lauren Lake [18:28]: "I have three storage units. Rich."

Reza candidly shares the emotional difficulty of sorting through his late father’s possessions.

Reza Farahan [27:41]: "That's one of the hardest things about your parents passing... there's certain things where you're like, well, I can't just take this to Salvation Army."

This discussion sheds light on the complexities of dealing with personal loss and the logistical nightmares of property management.

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4. Fashion and Style Debates

The conversation shifts to a lighter topic: fashion, specifically the controversy around "Walmart Birkin" bags.

Reza Farahan [34:10]: "My son is my Birkin. It's the bag that all my money goes into."

Jeff Lewis [34:10]: "Yeah, it looks like a knockoff."

Lauren Lake [34:27]: "A broke down fake ass Birkin. What do you want a Walmart Birkin?"

The trio debates the authenticity and practicality of high-end versus affordable fashion accessories, with Reza advocating for quality and longevity over flashy imitations.

Reza Farahan [36:08]: "Are you wearing that so people think you have a Birkin or that you just like the shape or like. I don't understand the point of just what you're saying."

Jeff and Lauren continue to tease Reza about his preference, highlighting the mix of humor and camaraderie among the guests.

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5. Parenting and Household Management

Jeff introduces a discussion on parenting styles, particularly the concept of "horizontal parenting."

Jeff Lewis [24:34]: "We were talking about co-parenting and parallel parenting... we've been talking about horizontal parenting... it's where you lie down and let the kids do what they want."

Reza humorously admits he's never practiced this approach.

Reza Farahan [25:00]: "I wish I could be that. I have never been a horizontal parent."

Lauren differentiates horizontal parenting from simply delegating responsibilities to others during the holidays.

Lauren Lake [25:10]: "No, that's called the holidays."

The conversation emphasizes the challenges of modern parenting, especially when balancing personal responsibilities and family dynamics.

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6. Final Thoughts and Farewells

As the episode wraps up, Jeff reiterates the importance of honesty and transparency in personal and professional endeavors.

Jeff Lewis [16:29]: "Just tell it."

Reza reflects on the significance of managing personal belongings and the emotional connections tied to physical items.

Reza Farahan [28:07]: "His things. So I'm just like, what do you do with it?"

The hosts encourage each other to seek practical solutions to their respective challenges, fostering a supportive atmosphere.

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Notable Quotes:

• Reza Farahan [05:37]: "I have three storage units in three states. I literally am paying a mortgage because, you know, I came out of the court."

• Lauren Lake [03:57]: "I'm cleaning broken glass... It looks like someone took giant nails and made depressions all over my beautiful white oak floors."

• Reza Farahan [36:08]: "Are you wearing that so people think you have a Birkin or that you just like the shape or like. I don't understand the point..."

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Conclusion

This episode of "Jeff Lewis Has Issues" offers a candid exploration of personal setbacks, financial struggles, and the pursuit of authenticity in both personal and professional life. Through heartfelt confessions and light-hearted banter, Jeff, Lauren, and Reza provide listeners with relatable insights and a touch of humor amidst their challenges.

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Transcript

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[Reza Farahan]

You'Re Jeff Lewis, the drama never stops.

[Jeff Lewis]

I mean, I'm doing charity right now.

[Reza Farahan]

I think I got that twice in one year. You're doing charity?

[Jeff Lewis]

Yes, twice. What was the first one you went to dinner with me. Do people want to be in your circle? Buy your way into friendship with Jeff Lewis? I think people are trying to get out.

[Lauren Lake]

When I first started coming here, I.

[Reza Farahan]

Was like, Jeff Lewis. Jeff Lewis has issues.

[Jeff Lewis]

Hey, it's Jeff Lewis and I have issues. In today's episode, Lauren Lake and Reza Farahan joined the show. We talk about break ins, storage units and fake bags. This is a brand new show. We are live to tape. Live to tape. So how do you feel about the 1:00 taping versus the 9:00am?

[Reza Farahan]

It doesn't bother me.

[Jeff Lewis]

It was fine because there are people that are appreciative that they don't have to come in until the afternoon. Specifically Jamie Kennedy.

[Reza Farahan]

I mean, either way, it doesn't bother me. But usually like in the morning. What I love about your show is you kind of get up early, you get in, you get it done. You have your whole day.

[Jeff Lewis]

Whole day.

[Reza Farahan]

Now today I have really had to manage, like what people expected of me this morning because I don't like the middle day. I've got to leave, you know, I've got to go.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yes.

[Reza Farahan]

Stop talking to me. I literally walked out of the house mid sentence with cj. You know what I mean? I'm like, I gotta go.

[Jeff Lewis]

Who makes those glasses? They're really cute.

[Reza Farahan]

Gucci.

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh, I love them.

[Reza Farahan]

Thank you.

[Jeff Lewis]

Don't you love those res.

[Lauren Lake]

Love. And I love the earrings. They're giving me 90s hip hop, but the Louis Vuitton version.

[Reza Farahan]

Come on, come on, Judge, you better tails up.

[Lauren Lake]

You better work.

[Reza Farahan]

Okay.

[Lauren Lake]

You better work.

[Reza Farahan]

Judge, you better tails up.

[Jeff Lewis]

What do you have on your.

[Lauren Lake]

These are just a little David Yurman pave dog tattoos.

[Reza Farahan]

Sexy. Okay.

[Jeff Lewis]

I like them a lot.

[Reza Farahan]

They're very nice.

[Jeff Lewis]

Now, you had a little trouble at the Airbnb today. Was it today or yesterday?

[Lauren Lake]

No, it was over the weekend. We had a break in.

[Jeff Lewis]

Explain to your honor what the situation is.

[Lauren Lake]

So, your Honor, what can I do? Legally, we live in the house across the street. We used to live in this house, but now we use it as an Airbnb. And criminals came in. They broke the slider into the primary bedroom, right? Can't say master.

[Reza Farahan]

I know. I have to catch myself every time.

[Lauren Lake]

Into the primary bedroom. And then realized no one was there. They opened the nightstand, saw that they were empty, and left with nothing.

[Reza Farahan]

Oh, my God.

[Jeff Lewis]

I mean, how unfortunate to break into an Airbnb where there's just no valuables. There's nothing.

[Reza Farahan]

Nothing. And so wait, so how did they get in? Through the slider, Breaking the glass or.

[Lauren Lake]

They broke jimmying the line? No, no, no, no. They shattered the glass. Is. The replacement of the glass alone is $1,500. What? Yeah.

[Jeff Lewis]

What's your deductible? You're gonna have to just pay it.

[Lauren Lake]

Oh, I'm gonna have to totally just pay.

[Jeff Lewis]

And then, not only that, you, Honor, but what happens is the people that were booked to stay in the. In the house. You lost them. He lost the next day.

[Reza Farahan]

Yes.

[Jeff Lewis]

Cause you're. Do you get the glass yet?

[Lauren Lake]

No, it's been.

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh, so you can't even rent this place?

[Lauren Lake]

Not yet, no. And not only that. And I know Jeff because he likes things immaculate. If someone breaks a huge slider, all that crushed glass, and then they walk on it. Once I swept it all up, it looks like someone took giant nails and made depressions. Like there's indented little pyramids all over my beautiful white oak floors.

[Reza Farahan]

What?

[Jeff Lewis]

What happened? Because you. There was a mishap while you were cleaning up, so.

[Lauren Lake]

Because I'm fuming and I'm just, like, a raving lunatic. I'm in the backyard, I'm cleaning broken Gl. Disheveled. I'm stomping around being a brat. I fall into the pool.

[Jeff Lewis]

No.

[Lauren Lake]

Oh, no. With my phone. With my T Mobile phone. Oh, no.

[Jamie Kennedy]

T Mobile.

[Lauren Lake]

The T. Mobile phone went into the water. I got Out. I tried. I put it in rice. It didn't work. None of that worked.

[Reza Farahan]

That's when you gotta go get some holy oil or something. You got to get something rubbed on. Something is going on. What is happening?

[Lauren Lake]

Your Honor, there is rumor that my old show may be coming back. And the Persians, you know, they're very superstitious. We believe in the evil eye.

[Reza Farahan]

Yeah.

[Lauren Lake]

And I feel like some of these raggedy Persians out here are putting the evil eye on my ass. Yes.

[Reza Farahan]

Shout out.

[Jeff Lewis]

Gigi, you think it's your co stars?

[Lauren Lake]

I don't. Well, some of them are coming back for this alleged potential maybe could be happening reboot.

[Reza Farahan]

So wait a minute now. So the evil eye might have been put out on you?

[Lauren Lake]

Yes.

[Reza Farahan]

Do you know by whom?

[Lauren Lake]

I don't know by whom.

[Jamie Kennedy]

Don't pass that shit along.

[Lauren Lake]

Don't know by whom.

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh, not another chump virus.

[Reza Farahan]

I can't. Oh, no.

[Lauren Lake]

The virus stops with me, you, Honor.

[Reza Farahan]

Well, you. It's so crazy because I should have then come. Well, no, I wouldn't have wanted your Airbnb that night, but I actually rented an Airbnb for my family. And I also have been in a little Airbnb help.

[Jeff Lewis]

That's what I was wondering. If you're in an Airbnb right now.

[Reza Farahan]

Yes. And it was. Now I'm not. Because I'm in a beautiful one. I had. I moved, but I was. It was really disappointing. I've had a couple of little moments that I've been dealing with that have been very challenging, and it is motivating me to, like, find a house right now. I literally was on with my agent, like, on the way here. Like, I'm ready.

[Jeff Lewis]

Don't buy a house out of desperation.

[Reza Farahan]

I'm not. I am not going to do it. I know, I know. I'm going to tell you one thing. Even though I talk about you for ripping my house from under me, my first house, my last house, I should say that you ripped from under me and made me sell, and it sold too quick. I really wasn't ready. But you were right. You were right, and I don't regret it. And so I'm gonna follow your advice again, because you do give me great advice. And I'm not gonna go out, which is buying, because I'm desperate. Instead, what I'm doing is I'm making a lot of chunky choices. You don't look desperate.

[Lauren Lake]

There's nothing desperate about you. Let me just say, don't look desperate.

[Reza Farahan]

Honey, let me tell you something. If they only Knew what I felt like inside. I just pulled myself because this whole house market is a mess.

[Jeff Lewis]

Okay, but, your honor, we're gonna jump back to this because I do want to say.

[Lauren Lake]

I do want to point out that if you were staying on my Airbnb, we are in the top 1% of homes. We have 65 reviews, and they've been all five stars.

[Reza Farahan]

Beautiful.

[Jameson]

It is.

[Jeff Lewis]

It's Toluca Lake. It's a nice neighborhood.

[Reza Farahan]

Oh, I love that neighborhood. Yeah. Anyway, Airbnb Hill. I have been.

[Jamie Kennedy]

It's your first one.

[Reza Farahan]

They don't live up to the pictures.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah. Your honor, I wanted to mention something. We're gonna go back to the house stuff.

[Reza Farahan]

Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were.

[Jeff Lewis]

Because we were talking about what we're gonna go back. But what you look like. And I think the. What I've noticed about you, which is why I think the carpool collection will be a huge success as you continue to add to it.

[Reza Farahan]

Yes.

[Jeff Lewis]

Is that it doesn't matter because you and I fluctuate in weight.

[Reza Farahan]

Yes.

[Jeff Lewis]

I can never tell when you do because of the way you dress. Like, you know how to hide and cover and, like.

[Reza Farahan]

Yeah. Have an outfit for every size. I have a close. Every size. A collection for every size.

[Jamie Kennedy]

But I think the important thing is it's not just like, you're throwing on huge things. When you feel big, everything is tailored nicely to exactly how you look in that moment.

[Reza Farahan]

Well, thank you. Because I had to learn that. It used to be, like, the big moo moo things. Like. And I love oversized clothing, but they do. They just make you look big. Bigger. But, yes, I'm definitely in a chunky choice phase. I've accepted myself. I'm gonna finish out the year strong. Okay. So I'm eating all the cookies, but then I gotta get myself together.

[Jeff Lewis]

I feel like when you're marketing the carpool collection.

[Reza Farahan]

Yes.

[Jeff Lewis]

As you build it. I feel like women would appreciate that kind of advice. Like, look, if you're 10 or 15 or 20 pounds overweight, try this. Or if you're, you know.

[Reza Farahan]

Yes.

[Jeff Lewis]

If you're. You've got a big ass, you got big tit, whatever. You know what I'm saying?

[Reza Farahan]

Yeah. You got to go for an elevated tracksuit over that black Leon, which is the death of you. Those black leggings can't be caught out in those, especially when you're on chunky choices. So you got to get an elevated wide leg tracksuit, which is what I'm wearing now.

[Jamie Kennedy]

And from a sales perspective, it's genius because our whole thing is don't buy something huge, you need one in every size. If you fluctuate, buy more.

[Reza Farahan]

Well, it's interesting you say that because I do that sometimes. Sometimes I'll buy the six, but I'll also buy the eight. Or if there is no six and I know, girl, you know, in three months you about to be an eight. Cause you know, don't you lie to yourself. Don't you tell this lie out here. I'll just grab it and then when I need it, I get it.

[Jeff Lewis]

I mean, I came to a holiday weight, you, Honor.

[Reza Farahan]

You still look good. No you don't. You still look really good.

[Lauren Lake]

You do look good.

[Reza Farahan]

And all of you all look good.

[Jamie Kennedy]

You look skinnier than ever.

[Reza Farahan]

You do.

[Jeff Lewis]

You know why? Because I'm not. I think when you talk about muumus, I don't wear moo moos, but I noticed that my sister in law is really fit right now. But when she feels like 8 or 10 or 12, she'll start wearing those muumu's and she looks 50 pounds overweight. You're 10 pounds overweight, you're not 50, you don't need the muumu.

[Reza Farahan]

Yeah, I think Also with being 55 now, there are, there is a lot of like, like effort energy that I've gotten right now. Like the 55 thing has been a real. If I was 45, I probably would be a little bit more anxiety ridden about my chunky choices. But I really, I'm just like, you know what it is what it is. I had a good time. I've been living house to house. I've been on the road with my son with all this football nonsense. It is what it is. I've been eating in the south, honey, okay? It's a biscuit at every meal. It's a biscuit for every meal. And I enjoy them. And so now I'm back and in the land of the green drinks and I will go and I will get my little self together. But I appreciate you guys support because today I really did have to think like, you know what, let me pull this together. And this little fanny pack thing, this really helps in the center.

[Jeff Lewis]

Cute.

[Lauren Lake]

Very cute.

[Reza Farahan]

Bring it in.

[Lauren Lake]

And it's a very popular item.

[Reza Farahan]

Uh huh. Yeah, this goes.

[Lauren Lake]

The Lululemon.

[Reza Farahan]

Fanny has it too.

[Lauren Lake]

Fanny pack.

[Jeff Lewis]

Now Rez has been on a fitness request for the wrong reasons. He's got a crush on his trainer.

[Reza Farahan]

Well, he's, he's looking fine as hell. I'm loving the whole out thank you so much. I love an Adidas throwback. I put those on cj. I just love them. They're never out of style.

[Lauren Lake]

Thank you.

[Reza Farahan]

So now tell us about the trainer.

[Jeff Lewis]

He's very handsome. Supposedly, he's straight.

[Lauren Lake]

He's very handsome, straight and married. And we came up together. I've known him for, like, 30 years. We've been homies. I'm his realtor. And he literally. He looked at me one day when I was feeling my. I wasn't, like, loving my chunky self. I was in my chunky vibe, telling myself, you know, I'm gonna do this. I would do that. But I wasn't doing any of it. And he looked at me after he signed the real estate papers I had for him, and he went, when did you give up on life?

[Jeff Lewis]

Ouch.

[Lauren Lake]

Yeah. And for me, I know that for some people, that would not be a motivating message, but literally, I went with the signed paperwork, and I started looking at photos of myself in my 20s when I didn't realize what was going on and I didn't appreciate it enough. And I literally told myself one time before they closed that casket door, I'm gonna take myself back to those times.

[Reza Farahan]

I love that. You know what? It's always a certain person and a certain thing that. That is your trigger. It's not that. And I was saying that the other day because I miss. My mother had a way of saying it. Like, when I would get on my chunky choice and gain my whatever the requisite 10 or 15 that I get, she'd have this little phrase, and I'd walk by and she'd go, that butt getting wide or that buzz sure is spreading. She just say it real funny. But it was my cue of, like. It was her way of saying in her own motherly way, like, now you're at your point. It's time. Right? And it's funny that you say that, because it is those weird moments, like, you know what to do, like my girlfriend, that we laugh because we're like, we know what to eat. We know how to train. We know what we're doing. So why are we not doing it when we're supposed to do it? Because you could say you don't have enough time, but it's really not true. Because I make time for anything C.J. needs.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah.

[Reza Farahan]

So that's a lie. And so it just becomes that point of what is going to move you. And I love that you just said, like, you know what? I'm about to do this for me. And you look amazing.

[Jeff Lewis]

But he's doing it because he likes the hot trainer. He's. That's why he goes, don't buy this. How did the Christmas gift work out? He bought him a very thoughtful Christmas gift.

[Reza Farahan]

Oh, what'd you get?

[Lauren Lake]

I got him Christmas towels.

[Jeff Lewis]

I haven't even workout towels.

[Lauren Lake]

Given them to. Given them to him yet.

[Reza Farahan]

Oh, now Jeff told him they were dingy.

[Lauren Lake]

No, I told him I was in his gym and normally I bring my own towel and I use one of his towels and they look light gray and they're supposed to be white and they just didn't smell crispity. I felt like Dr. Donna in that moment. I was like, what the.

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh my God. Reza.

[Reza Farahan]

Out of order.

[Lauren Lake]

I was like this towel. But then I reeled it in and I went and bought him 30 towels. So he's getting 30 towels.

[Reza Farahan]

That was thoughtful. That was thoughtful. You know, a cute trainer really spent.

[Jeff Lewis]

More on him than you did your boyfriend.

[Lauren Lake]

I'm in the dog already in the doghouse already at home, just digging down deeper.

[Reza Farahan]

He already had it bad enough he fell in the pool.

[Lauren Lake]

Fell in the pool with his puff.

[Reza Farahan]

There being a finish.

[Lauren Lake]

I was huffing. I'm with Verizon now. I'm not with T mobile anymore.

[Reza Farahan]

Oh my God.

[Jeff Lewis]

So back to the home thing.

[Reza Farahan]

Okay. Yes.

[Jeff Lewis]

I was thinking about this. Okay, so I got a text a few days ago from some random person. I don't know how they got my number, but they said, hey, we know that you just did a flip in Woodland Hills. We have an off market fixer that could be a good flip. So I was thinking, well, it's the same price range. What I'm looking in is the same price range that you're looking in. So I thought to myself, if it's something that maybe it's not good for me, maybe it'll be good for you.

[Reza Farahan]

Okay, well, let me know.

[Jeff Lewis]

Okay.

[Reza Farahan]

You know, I'm down to do a fixer. I'm.

[Jeff Lewis]

Well, you're good at it.

[Reza Farahan]

Thank you. I'm going to tell you my truth though. I don't know if I'm have capacity. The teenage years are taking me out with the parenting. It's the games, it's the, you know, he's in that age where he got so much to do but can't drive. It's just that little age. I just. And I'm thinking about, you know, how it is how you have to pay attention to those contractors. You gotta be make sure they're accountable. You gotta get there. I have that that. That stress of. Oh, God, now I've gotta go away for two days for a game on the weekends, and what's gonna be going on with the house? So I do stressed about, can I do one of my big fixes right now, or do I need to just, like, get something and just, like, give myself a moment? But I'm down to look. I'm always down to look when you.

[Jeff Lewis]

Talk about, like, what I'm dealing with my house right now. It's like. Just tell the truth. It's like they're installing the kitchen, right? Yep. We're getting it all done by Friday. You sure? Because, you know, Wednesday's Christmas, and, you know, we got Christmas Eve, and, you know, I don't care. Just tell me, you know, what day you'll be. Oh, no, we're shooting for Friday. Okay, so you're gonna be able. Cause if you think about it, you know, there's just today and then there's Thursday and. Oh, yeah, Friday. It's not Friday. It's not Friday. I don't even know. It's next Friday, right? Just tell me the truth. I don't care. Just tell me the truth so that way I can line up the next guy after you, that's all. So I don't have to line him up for Tuesday, and then you don't finish, and then I gotta move him a week and I gotta move somebody else. Just tell the truth.

[Reza Farahan]

Just tell it.

[Lauren Lake]

I have a solution for that. I watched the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and found out that Jennifer Tilly has two houses next door to one another.

[Jeff Lewis]

I knew that.

[Lauren Lake]

One of them's the Shalomi house, where everything can be out and about and whatever. And then there's the good house.

[Jeff Lewis]

Well, she also has so many clothes that she uses the second house for clothes because, you know, she's been on the show twice.

[Reza Farahan]

So. Wait, wait. This is fascinating. So the house that everything can be out. What do you mean? Like, people come to, like, more of a public house.

[Jamie Kennedy]

Like, she'll have, like, her parties there.

[Lauren Lake]

No, the one where everything's out is the one no one comes to. The nice one, where everything is exactly where it's supposed to be. She walks outside, goes in that one, and she'll receive you in that one.

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh, Chaz Dean has that, but all of his houses are immaculate. But he's got the party house and then the regular house and the house that it's.

[Lauren Lake]

I have a boner. I'm just gonna say right now, the thought of just having an Extra house where you get to do bonus energy.

[Jeff Lewis]

Well, you had that, but you use it for income.

[Lauren Lake]

I have it, but I wouldn't be able to afford to use it for the. I need the income.

[Reza Farahan]

Yeah, right. I'm trying to grow up and be just like that. I need me a couple houses. Definitely a couple more closets.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah, yeah.

[Reza Farahan]

Because right now I have a storage unit. Okay. And that's not an extra house. No, it is.

[Jeff Lewis]

That's an expensive house and it has a mortgage.

[Lauren Lake]

Storage units are the. Ooh, I spent 40. Have you ever added up how much you spend on a. I can't do it.

[Reza Farahan]

I can't do it.

[Jeff Lewis]

I think I'm spending 1200amonth.

[Lauren Lake]

Oh, my God.

[Reza Farahan]

No, Jeff, I'm right with you.

[Jeff Lewis]

Twelve hundred a month.

[Reza Farahan]

I have them in three states.

[Jeff Lewis]

What?

[Lauren Lake]

Checkmate Mic drop.

[Reza Farahan]

Checkmate my gamble.

[Lauren Lake]

Checkmate my gavel order.

[Jeff Lewis]

Wow.

[Reza Farahan]

I have them in three states. I literally am paying a mortgage because, you know, I came out of the court.

[Lauren Lake]

You are rich. You are. You wanna.

[Reza Farahan]

I'm rich, bitch.

[Lauren Lake]

I have three storage. Un. Rich.

[Reza Farahan]

No, that really is the opposite. That means you need to go back to work. But, you know, I came out of Florida house. So I had a whole house of furniture.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yes.

[Reza Farahan]

Well, I haven't found a house here yet. So I just. I mean, what am I going to do with it? I. I put it in a storage. Right.

[Jeff Lewis]

In Florida.

[Reza Farahan]

In Florida. And I left. So there's that. Then, you know, and now we're already laughing and this is so sick to say. I don't mean to say it while we're laughing. You know, my dad passed, so I'm doing his house in Detroit. I had to move everything out so that everyone could start fixing the house. So. As a storage. In Michigan.

[Jeff Lewis]

In Detroit.

[Lauren Lake]

Oh, and you are a Michigan alum.

[Reza Farahan]

Go blue.

[Lauren Lake]

There you go. That's where the. Okay.

[Reza Farahan]

Yes.

[Jeff Lewis]

And then you have one here.

[Reza Farahan]

And then I have one here. I'm sorry. Then I have one here.

[Jeff Lewis]

Wow.

[Reza Farahan]

So I have three and it's a full on mortgage. When I tell you I could have. Or I could have the new Range Rover for this, like, I literally still have my same truck and I'm ready to get another one.

[Jeff Lewis]

And then you think I spent just one year. I was like, it's like $12,000. I used to have one for 1,000 bucks a month, and I think I must have had it for two or three years to house $10,000 worth of furniture. So I spent $30,000 to store $10,000 worth of furniture. Does that make sense?

[Reza Farahan]

No, it makes no sense. I've given up on it. And only thing I can say, it's all the family pictures. It's all the things I have.

[Lauren Lake]

It'll end up on Storage Wars. Don't say that, Reza.

[Reza Farahan]

Don't say that. No, I paid my store. No, that's. No. I pay my bills and I pay my stor. I'm not gonna play about my family photos. But it really is like. It's like you don't think about the things you accumulate. And when you're in transition, where do you put them?

[Jameson]

I was in between places, and I used the storage place by the grove. And I was just chatting up the guy, and I was like, what is all this stuff? He's like, I don't know. Some people are here every day. Some people we see once a year. And I said, well, what's your capacity? He said, we're never under 90% capacity. And that's it.

[Lauren Lake]

It's one of the best businesses, like Laundromats. Storage units are one of the best businesses.

[Jeff Lewis]

I heard it's all about the real estate. Because they pay the mortgages for the real estate. Yes, but by the way, what was I gonna mention? Oh, the bullshit. Like, you get in under the introductory rate, right?

[Reza Farahan]

Go ahead and tell it.

[Lauren Lake]

Oh, no.

[Jeff Lewis]

They raised you like, $200. And I'm like, what the fuck am I going to do? I'm going to have to pay for movers to move it.

[Reza Farahan]

No, the okie Doke is 30 days free. Right? Because you always think you're going to find a house in 30 days. Oh, I can find something. I got it. I got it. 30. Then my storage has gone from 399 up to almost 700amonth.

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh, my God.

[Reza Farahan]

Yes.

[Jamie Kennedy]

That's a double.

[Jeff Lewis]

Okay, now I'm on my calculator because now I'm going to get sick to my stomach about how much I was.

[Jamie Kennedy]

The thing about Jeff's is that it's crazy because he thought he. He purchased his new home with the intention to do a light flip and then move in, like, redo the kitchen and some bathroom. So he bought all the appliances brand new, put them in storage. Cause we're.

[Jeff Lewis]

All my plumbing fixtures, all my appliances, everything right off, right there. Because we're going to move right in. We're going to get this kitchen done quick, and then two years later, 30 months later, and I just figured I spent $28,800.

[Lauren Lake]

You should have bought a condo. Condo and stored that shit in the condo. The condo would have appreciated. You could have sold the condo, made a profit, and just it as storage.

[Jeff Lewis]

They should start selling storage units as condos.

[Reza Farahan]

Wait a minute. People are already living in storage units. You missed that.

[Jameson]

Now, the person next to me in my storage unit. So they had.

[Reza Farahan]

You have a storage unit?

[Jameson]

No, no, no. When I had a storage unit, I would go to it maybe once a month, and the person next to me was there probably almost every day. But they had. Shel. When you open the door, you know, there was shelving right in front so you couldn't actually see in. A lot of people, homeless feet hang out in there.

[Lauren Lake]

A lot of residentially challenged people can afford a small storage unit and it's somewhere that they hang out. And then if you get a gym membership, you have a place to shower and bathe. And so between a storage unit and a gym membership, you can live in LA for under $500.

[Jeff Lewis]

Is that how you do it, Jameson?

[Jameson]

Yeah, guys, come to my storage unit.

[Reza Farahan]

But didn't you miss that? There was a guy that went viral. He and his fiance were living in a storage unit, but he began to make so much money showing the. On, you know, TikTok and Instagram, showing how they cook on their hot plate, how they do this. They had a bed. It was a whole house in a storage unit. But everybody in the comments were like, oh, my God. Like, you're making money because you're getting views, but you're going to get found out.

[Jeff Lewis]

You're going to get kicked out.

[Reza Farahan]

And sure enough, not only did he lose the storage unit, he lost the fiance.

[Jeff Lewis]

Why?

[Reza Farahan]

Her family.

[Lauren Lake]

She found a guy with a van.

[Reza Farahan]

But no, she. Everything. And I don't know what happened, but, yeah, it was a huge viral story. People would tune in every day to see, like, what they were cooking, how they did it. But, you know, in my Florida storage storage unit, there are a lot of people who are experiencing housing insecurity.

[Jeff Lewis]

Are they living there?

[Reza Farahan]

And they're. And they live there. And I had to. I hate to say it, but. But I am the person that reported y'all, because what was happening is. Let me tell you something. I'd pull up to my storage unit to get something because I needed something out of it. They would, like, open the door, like, welcome home. I was like, hold on now, wait a minute. Y'all been here for the last 10 days, then I never said anything. But then one day, as a former criminal defense attorney, I know what this activity looks like. I could tell there was some Drugs. There was some this. It was some something going on. And I could see they were going and letting people in. You know, they could going up to and letting people come in there. And it was like, now we're gonna.

[Jeff Lewis]

Break into you or something.

[Reza Farahan]

Now we're hosting a party. Well, now I don't feel comfortable going to my own storage unit. That's not okay.

[Jeff Lewis]

Which one? The one in Florida.

[Reza Farahan]

The one in Florida.

[Jeff Lewis]

You know what?

[Jamie Kennedy]

She's still good in Detroit. She's still good in Detroit.

[Reza Farahan]

You ain't a lick of good. Well, I shouldn't have said it like that. I wouldn't know. But you ain't no good for that.

[Jeff Lewis]

By the way, when you were talking about CJ and, you know, parenting a teenager and all of that, we were. Shane and I were reading and there was something that like, caught our attention because it was. They were talking, you know, we've been talking about co parenting and parallel parenting and all this. And there was this term, it was called horizontal parenting. I'm like, oh, what's that? It's where you lie down and let the kids do what they want.

[Reza Farahan]

I wish I could be that. I have never been a horizontal parent.

[Jeff Lewis]

I kind of was this weekend.

[Reza Farahan]

Were you?

[Jeff Lewis]

I let Grandma, I let Shane, I let Brogan Arcade.

[Jamie Kennedy]

We were.

[Reza Farahan]

That's not horizontal parents.

[Lauren Lake]

No, that's called the holidays.

[Reza Farahan]

That's called using your village. And you know that your village is good. You know, you need that.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah. Until I heard she was, you know, she was knocking on people's hotel room doors and running. And then she was also, you know, prank calling from our hotel room. You know, that's when horizontal parenting, you gotta kind of.

[Jamie Kennedy]

Time to get up.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah, yeah, it's time to, you know, get up from the nap.

[Reza Farahan]

But it's also, you know, that's growing. That's the eighth thing to do.

[Lauren Lake]

Ding dong ditch. That's the best.

[Reza Farahan]

Yes, yes, absolutely.

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh, my God. The storage unit conversation.

[Reza Farahan]

No, it's true, though.

[Jameson]

Out of curiosity, was your storage unit facing the elements like mine? You had to go through a hall. So they knew who buzzed in and I'm assuming made sure everyone buzzed out by the end of the day.

[Reza Farahan]

No, this one is indoor and you code in.

[Jameson]

Yeah. I wonder how.

[Reza Farahan]

And it's a 24 hour access.

[Lauren Lake]

Yeah.

[Jameson]

Oh, my gosh.

[Reza Farahan]

It's a 24. And that's probably a mistake that I made. I should. It was a 24 hour access and I just didn't like that. Every time I got there, they're like, all in there. And then you could tell it was like, oh, gosh. And I know they didn't have anywhere to go, but I'm like, y'all can't bring it? Can't. It's not a community party, though. Like, everybody can be all outside and. And smoking and drinking and doing drugs. I can't do that.

[Lauren Lake]

Mine was right here in Hollywood on, like, Wilcox. And literally, like, there's expensive over here two seconds from here. And like, the judge said, you code in, you can pull your car in. It's the same code for the. To catch the elevator. And the lights wouldn't come on until you were walking down the hallway. They, like, all of a sudden come on.

[Jeff Lewis]

I don't know. I don't know.

[Reza Farahan]

I want out of these storage.

[Jeff Lewis]

I want it to.

[Reza Farahan]

I want out. I want out.

[Jeff Lewis]

They're about to charge me on the third. They charge me again. And every time I see it, I'm.

[Reza Farahan]

Like, oh, me too. It just comes through. Ding. Storage. I was like, if you don't find us. And then I'm like, okay. Then I'm. Because then I'm like, okay, well, I tore my dad's old garage down. So then I'm like, well, you know what I' do? I'm going to build a new garage, and then I'm going to build up something over the garage, maybe a part over the garage, so that I could put the things of his that I still want, but I don't have anywhere for them to go so that I'm at least out of that storage unit. I'm like, how this. Okay. God, there's no. No way to say this, but he's not coming back, right? So I can't keep the storage unit for the rest of my life.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah.

[Reza Farahan]

I have to figure out a way like. Or like, to move the stuff to me.

[Jeff Lewis]

Do you want to keep all this stuff or you probably need to go through it.

[Reza Farahan]

Okay. We can't go dark on the show. Cause this is a happy show. But that is one of the. That's one of the hardest things about your parents passing is like, it's their stuff, and you give away a lot of it. But there's just certain things where you're like, well, I can't just take this to Salvation Army. Like, is there a family member? Is there someone? I haven't gotten to that part yet. So I still have, like, his. His expensive furniture, his expensive hats.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah.

[Reza Farahan]

His things. So I'm just like, what do you do with it?

[Jeff Lewis]

The problem, too, is it's Once it's in storage, it's like, out of mind. And so I always. I did it when my grandmother always still had my grandmother's house. So I. Because it was all there in front of my face. So I took care of it. Then I knew it was going to go in a storage unit. It would sit there for years.

[Reza Farahan]

You're right. But see, what I had to do is I had to get work done on the house, right? So then they couldn't. They had to redo things on the floors. They had to do this. And I needed to take things out because the house was on lockbox. And see, I didn't want to leave the personal items and the things inside the house. Anyway, moving on.

[Jameson]

Jeff, hasn't your house done enough to put just the stuff in one room?

[Jeff Lewis]

I thought about that. I think there's too many people going in and out right now, and I worry about that.

[Lauren Lake]

You did that. I got robbed, yeah.

[Jeff Lewis]

Cause it's like, you did that.

[Lauren Lake]

The house that they. The Airbnb that they broke into when we were doing construction, I was like, jeff, I was like, I'm getting everything. We put all the construction supplies in the garage. It was all locked up, but had one of those little square side windows. They broke in through the window. They stole everything.

[Jeff Lewis]

I don't think that, you know, obviously, some of those larger appliances, they can't move, but I worry about the plumbing fixtures. I could be so quickly just pick up a faucet and walk out.

[Reza Farahan]

Totally. Totally.

[Lauren Lake]

How shit ends up on ebay for half the price.

[Reza Farahan]

Yes. Which is still so good.

[Lauren Lake]

I love looking. Yeah, that's how you want nice pictures.

[Reza Farahan]

He said, where? I love looking.

[Jeff Lewis]

You know where you should look, too, for Grandma, really good deals is MJ's Poshmark. There's some real good deals on there.

[Lauren Lake]

MJ used to put all the holiday gifts. We would get, like, these Vision Pro. We'd get, like, holiday gifts from Bravo or like. Yeah, the production company. I'd be like, what'd you do with that Kindle? She's like, it's on Poshmark.

[Reza Farahan]

That is so funny. I love people with no shame. I can't even regift. I just. I don't even. I'm like, oh, God, they're gonna know I gave it to somebody.

[Jeff Lewis]

Every time I get a bottle of champagne, I know it's a re gift.

[Jamie Kennedy]

It's a good day for me.

[Jeff Lewis]

I know it's a regift.

[Lauren Lake]

Hello. As long as it's like Veuf Clicquot. Or higher. I don't give a shit.

[Jeff Lewis]

No one buys champagne.

[Lauren Lake]

I'm re gifting it too.

[Jeff Lewis]

No one buys champagne. No they don't. They re gift it.

[Lauren Lake]

Of course.

[Jeff Lewis]

So I have so many bottles.

[Reza Farahan]

No, that crazy bottle of champagne I got you. I forgot what it was called. Or was it something else?

[Jeff Lewis]

I held onto that one.

[Reza Farahan]

Yeah, I did not regift it.

[Jeff Lewis]

No. There's like five that I'm holding on to. Yeah, expensive ones.

[Reza Farahan]

I swear I did not regift that.

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[Reza Farahan]

No, I'm not. I'm not. And I don't have a Birkin either. I don't have a real one. My son is my Birkin. It's the bag that all my money goes into. Yes, that school. Everything is my Birkin. But no, probably not. Do you like it? Have you seen it?

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah, it looks like a knockoff.

[Reza Farahan]

It looks like a dude who wants.

[Lauren Lake]

A broke down fake ass Birkin. What do you want a Walmart Birkin? Do I look like a Walmart Birkin type of bitch?

[Reza Farahan]

I know that's right. You better tell somebody. You better tell somebody. Reza said it. I did.

[Lauren Lake]

Why are you asking an elegant woman if she wants a Walmart Birkin?

[Jeff Lewis]

Do you realize that you just. I think your sound bite is gonna make it next time. I'm pretty sure he just flagged that.

[Reza Farahan]

That is so funny.

[Lauren Lake]

Broke down Walmart Birkin.

[Jeff Lewis]

But you know what, What I appreciate about like your mom, for example, she has the money to buy labels. She's not a label person. No, but I do appreciate people to go in department stores and just buy a good bag. Just like a good bag. Like whether it's Macy, Bloomingdale's, whatever they nice leather, well made bag and you can buy at a reasonable price.

[Lauren Lake]

What's a reasonable price? Because if you're over 50 and your bag is worth less than $200, it's worse than losing your charger.

[Jeff Lewis]

I, I think, I think you'd be surprised at what you can buy for a couple hundred dollars at a department store. I wouldn't know, but I'm, I probably wouldn't surprise you.

[Lauren Lake]

Are we talking about Coach? What are we talking about?

[Reza Farahan]

No labels. Liz Claiborne. I don't think you can get a Coach bag anymore. But I think they have like, what about like DKNY or something? Donna Karen. Casual brand.

[Lauren Lake]

For who?

[Reza Farahan]

Not me.

[Jeff Lewis]

Rebecca Minkoff.

[Jamie Kennedy]

If you want Rebecca Minkoff bags, there's.

[Jeff Lewis]

The knockoff Birkin right there for $78.

[Reza Farahan]

Okay, I'm sorry, but, but okay, question.

[Jeff Lewis]

From far away though.

[Reza Farahan]

I always have a, I have a question about the knockoff bags and the knockoff things.

[Lauren Lake]

Things.

[Reza Farahan]

Are you wearing that so people think you have a Birkin or that you just like the shape or like. I don't understand the point of just what you're saying. If you can't get the bag, there's so many other bags that you can just go get that aren't a knockoff to the bag. I don't understand.

[Jeff Lewis]

Or do you think that people won't know it's not a bad looking bag. I mean for $78, it's just knowing.

[Lauren Lake]

It's like sleeping next to a blow up doll. It's like there might be something there. But you are delusional if you think that that purse is good for someone who.

[Jeff Lewis]

Yeah, they want people to think it's a Birkin, I'm guessing.

[Reza Farahan]

Oh, okay. So want people that don't know about what a real Birkin looks like. You think that I have one?

[Jeff Lewis]

Correct.

[Reza Farahan]

Okay. Okay.

[Jameson]

But you have to figure if someone's rolling up to the party in a Hyundai AKA me, and then I roll in with my something's not adding up.

[Jamie Kennedy]

I think that would look good on you.

[Lauren Lake]

You see that on the airplane when I'm in the waiting area, you see the Louis Vuitton roller, she's got like, you know, Moncler, like little ski jacket, whatever. And the bitch is rolling past me to go sit and coach. I'm thinking, bitch, with all this, you go to Coach, like is it Fake. Where are you going?

[Reza Farahan]

Well, I will say this. I do think people are obviously valued like a coach seat. And I'm just speaking from people who I can understand. This is a part of a trying to make people think something. A coach seat. You only got to be in there with the amount of people that's on the plane when you get off, nobody else knows you were there. But when she's rolling down the street with her bag and her clothes, I think that that is more of a. I'd rather invest in this because this gets me. I have more longevity. I can wear this bag and this clothes for years. A coach seat or a. I'll be honest, I have said.

[Lauren Lake]

I, I'm like, that's fake.

[Reza Farahan]

That, that could be true too. But sometimes like with me, with cj, if there's not more than one first class seat, I'll go to business class. I'll go and I've even sat in coach. But I mean, thank God I fly so much. I'll get an upgrade. But it. I. And I'll have my stuff on. I, I'll.

[Jeff Lewis]

But let me ask you this. If you saw something expensive like a, like a real Birkin on Jameson, don't you just gonna assume it's fake anyway?

[Lauren Lake]

Yes.

[Reza Farahan]

Well, it's kind of.

[Jeff Lewis]

He might as well get the knockoff.

[Reza Farahan]

Well, it's kind of like Reza saying, it's like context clues, right? It's like remember when you went to school and it was like what's the context clues? Right? If it's like they're not driving a very expensive car, they're not. They're not wearing a $50,000 bag. So. So then we deductively reason that it came from Walmart.

[Jeff Lewis]

Although today you look nice.

[Reza Farahan]

He looks so nice.

[Jeff Lewis]

Cause his mom dressed him.

[Jameson]

It's my mom dressed it. Christmas.

[Reza Farahan]

Oh, is that from Christmas?

[Jameson]

It is.

[Reza Farahan]

Did the tie come with it?

[Jameson]

No, I added that. I added.

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh, you did that on your own.

[Jameson]

I did that on my own.

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh my God. You did good.

[Jameson]

Everything matches a multi colored cardigan and it's a navy blue shirt underneath with a maroon textured.

[Jeff Lewis]

Does your mom still get the discount at Nordstrom?

[Jameson]

She sure does, honey.

[Reza Farahan]

Oh, I like.

[Jamie Kennedy]

She gets that.

[Lauren Lake]

Why aren't you sharing that with us?

[Jameson]

Because it's my mom and it's my discount.

[Reza Farahan]

I love it.

[Lauren Lake]

Wait, is that navy blue or green?

[Jameson]

It's navy blue.

[Reza Farahan]

It's navy.

[Jeff Lewis]

It's cute. Who makes the sweater?

[Reza Farahan]

I don't know.

[Jameson]

It's a brand. I.

[Jeff Lewis]

You know what it is. It's like a tasteful holiday sweater.

[Reza Farahan]

It is a Birkin. It's a Birkin sweater.

[Jeff Lewis]

Thanks for listening. If you want more of this, listen to Jeff Lewis Live every weekday on SiriusXM as well as the Jeff Lewis Channel, exclusively on the SiriusXM. Applied.